Bad Bird Photo of the Week

They usually arrive around Thanksgiving, although we've had them as early as Halloween.

We've had over a dozen in the yard at time.

This year, not so much.

In fact, this is only the second sighting this winter. And it took until January to show up.

This was five days ago. We've not seen any since. 

Is it that warm up north? Is there that much food in the woods? Are there just not that many birds anymore (I surely hope not)?

Maybe it's the deer fence.

And if you're keeping a blog bird list, you can add Fox Sparrow.